Reconstructing Studio... Advice Seeked...

[Sonixx]

Hello,

I'm presently reconstructing my basement studio and I'd appreciate any advise, questions, experience, or stories similar to my plan...

My Studio is in my basement and occupies about 750 sqft. I am now in my second design of this area, in three years, and I'm fairly familiar with acoustic space issues such as modes, decay time, etc... but I'd like to solicit some advice on the flooring and the ceiling. Since I now do most of my recording solo, I no longer need a console/tracking room studio design and anyways,my console room was rather small (1300 cuft). So I'm moving my console into the tracking room and expanding the room size in length and effective height. I'm going for volume. My goal is to add an acoustically transparent ceiling at 9 ft that makes the room look finished but does not compromise the volume of an 11 ft high room. Secondly, I want to have both a carpeted section and a Hardwood flooring section.

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Any feedback or questions is appreciated... Thanks...

Keith

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[Michael Jones]

Keith, have you checked out "Snapper's Studio" ?

Seems like he started out with a long narrow room, much like yours.

Definately worth a look!

 

[John Sayers]

how about using some of that height to allow a new ceiling that will break up the standing waves floor to ceiling plus divide the room into two acoustic spaces so you can have carpet at one end and timber at the other.

see attached

cheers
John

 

[Sonixx]

Keith, have you checked out "Snapper's Studio" ?

Seems like he started out with a long narrow room, much like yours.

Definately worth a look!

Hi,

Thanks and Yes I had taken a look at his studio. For my purposes though I'm not going to have a seperate Control Room but I'll take another look an Snapper's.

Regards,
-kp-

 

[Sonixx]

how about using some of that height to allow a new ceiling that will break up the standing waves floor to ceiling plus divide the room into two acoustic spaces so you can have carpet at one end and timber at the other.

see attached

cheers
John

Hi John,

I'll give this some consideration.

Do you have any thoughts on building Hardwood floors over Concrete for considerations in Moisture and Dampening? I'd like to not raise the flooring more than 4" or so.

Regards,
-kp-